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POU3F3

POU domain, class 3, transcription factor 3

Also known as: BRN1, OTF8, PO3F3_HUMAN

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P20264
Gene
POU3F3
Ensembl
ENSG00000198914
Chromosome
2
Canonical length
500 aa
Protein class
Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a POU-domain containing protein that functions as a transcription factor. The encoded protein recognizes an octamer sequence in the DNA of target genes. This protein may play a role in development of the nervous system. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2015]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

500 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P20264|POU3F3
     1  MATAASNPYL PGNSLLAAGS IVHSDAAGAG GGGGGGGGGG GGGAGGGGGG MQPGSAAVTS
    61  GAYRGDPSSV KMVQSDFMQG AMAASNGGHM LSHAHQWVTA LPHAAAAAAA AAAAAVEASS
   121  PWSGSAVGMA GSPQQPPQPP PPPPQGPDVK GGAGRDDLHA GTALHHRGPP HLGPPPPPPH
   181  QGHPGGWGAA AAAAAAAAAA AAAAHLPSMA GGQQPPPQSL LYSQPGGFTV NGMLSAPPGP
   241  GGGGGGAGGG AQSLVHPGLV RGDTPELAEH HHHHHHHAHP HPPHPHHAQG PPHHGGGGGG
   301  AGPGLNSHDP HSDEDTPTSD DLEQFAKQFK QRRIKLGFTQ ADVGLALGTL YGNVFSQTTI
   361  CRFEALQLSF KNMCKLKPLL NKWLEEADSS TGSPTSIDKI AAQGRKRKKR TSIEVSVKGA
   421  LESHFLKCPK PSAQEITNLA DSLQLEKEVV RVWFCNRRQK EKRMTPPGIQ QQTPDDVYSQ
   481  VGTVSADTPP PHHGLQTSVQ

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against POU3F3 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.

Antibody reachability
Intracellular
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.63
Highest tissue expression
43 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • kidney: 43 nTPM
  • epididymis: 31 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 30 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 27 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 27 nTPM
  • amygdala: 25 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • loop of henle epithelial cells: 71 nCPM
  • renal connecting tubule cells: 51 nCPM
  • distal convoluted tubule cells: 49 nCPM
  • renal collecting duct principal cells: 40 nCPM
  • proximal tubule cells: 26 nCPM
  • renal collecting duct intercalated cells: 23 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 113 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 98 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 98 nTPM
  • midbrain: 97 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 96 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 88 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about POU3F3.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions POU3F3 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

55 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 246 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap

Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.

gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
0.43
gnomAD pLI
0.88
gnomAD missense Z
3.04
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.08
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 2% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads POU3F3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against POU3F3 could matter depends on whether native POU3F3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

POU3F3 is annotated as predominantly intracellular. Intracellular proteins are common autoantibody markers, becoming visible to the immune system after cell injury or altered processing, but are usually markers of disease rather than direct drivers.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label POU3F3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/POU3F3. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

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